{"id":318676,"date":"2020-01-08T04:01:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T04:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=318676"},"modified":"2020-01-08T04:01:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T04:01:34","slug":"us-airlines-restricted-from-flying-over-iran-iraq-persian-gulf-and-gulf-of-oman-faa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/us-airlines-restricted-from-flying-over-iran-iraq-persian-gulf-and-gulf-of-oman-faa\/","title":{"rendered":"US airlines restricted from flying over Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: FAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_301770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301770\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301770\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/plane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/plane.jpg 766w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/plane-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/plane-696x421.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/plane-695x420.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-301770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representational Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As tension in the Middle East deepens, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) restricted all US airlines from flying over the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c#NOTAMs issued outlining flight restrictions that prohibit U.S. civil aviation operators from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran, and the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman,\u201d FAA tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;The Federal Aviation Administration issued Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS) tonight outlining flight restrictions that prohibit US civil aviation operators from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran, and the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The FAA will continue closely monitoring events in the Middle East. We will continue coordinating with our national security partners and sharing information with US air carriers and foreign civil aviation authorities,&#8221; the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The announcement came just hours after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles against airbases housing U.S. troops in Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As tension in the Middle East deepens, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) restricted all US airlines from flying over the region. \u201c#NOTAMs issued outlining flight restrictions that prohibit U.S. civil aviation operators from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran, and the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman,\u201d FAA tweeted. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":301770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[12344,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318677,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318676\/revisions\/318677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/301770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}